We arrive ready to interact with other humans and our culture. The real genius of human babies is not simply that they learn from the environment " other animals can do that. Human babies ca…
"As Stanley Kubrick's monolithic movie celebrates its half century, special effects gurus, directors and those who worked on the film consider its legacy."
"The 250-year history of circus would have been very different if a man from Newcastle-under-Lyme had got on better with his father, and been happy to become an apprentice cabinet maker. ...…
UK's cultural diplomacy arm said the play would affect work in China, previously unseen correspondence showsThe Royal Court theatre pulled a play about Tibet after the British Council privat…
Hope Mill, ManchesterThis rock-musical version of Frank Wedekind's 1891 play about sex, abortion, abuse and depression has some great tunes but never quite fliesHope Mill has staged one moul…
The Swan, Stratford-upon-AvonMary Pix's 1700 comedy about a rich widow's wayward social ascent becomes theatrical gold in Jo Davies's scintillating productionMary Pix is hardly a name to con…
Shakespeare inhabited a literary culture in which imitation was applauded. This erudite study teases out his alchemical transformations of what he had read or seenFor a long time, the sedulo…
Around 1,000 residents have been evacuated after leak in St Martin's Lane in Covent GardenA gas leak in London's West End has forced theatres to cancel performances and restaurants to close …
"Mainly, this is because I'm afraid of excesses - mine and others'. Sometimes people make fun of me. They say: 'You want a world without outbursts of joy, suffering, anger, hatred?' Yes, I w…
According to Sir Brian Vickers, a major reason he has not yet found a home for his complete edition of works by Thomas Kyd is that his "reputation as a scholar has been damaged by a string o…
The actor is set to play Shakespeare's army commander as a gay woman in Gemma Bodinetz's new production at Liverpool's EverymanWhen Golda Rosheuvel stars as Othello at the Liverpool Everyman…
But what does that mean for their art - and who owns it? "Astute artists are using Instagram to connect with their fanbase in ways they couldn't before. Earlier this year, it became clear th…
For 50 years Anna Scher has taught acting to north London children, with many " such as Kathy Burke, Daniel Kaluuya and Adam Deacon " becoming household names. What is it about her approach …
Royal and Derngate, NorthamptonThe naturally funny panel-show regular inhabits a small world, but he makes those narrow horizons teem with possibility and comic lifeWhen Mark Thomas engages …
Finborough, London Two white couples lock horns over their prejudices in Bruce Graham's powerful tale of racial dividesPlays about race often exude a liberal optimism. This pungent, abrasive…
Jamael Westman says that "Wakanda forever" is part of what he says when parting from friends now - "It becomes a state of mind" - and talks about why he likes playwriting podcasts: "Amazing …
Yes, OK, part of it might be the source material. And yet even objectively terrible adaptations like 2016's World of Warcraft show that "there's clearly money to be made here, which explains…
University student (and English major) Banita Sandhu grew up in Caerleon, Wales, but she had to go to India to find commercial actiing success. "While Bollywood is traditionally perceived as…
Soho theatre, LondonHis new show Teztify is a jumble of familiar, subversive and incongruous humour, put it all pulls together for a powerful denouementTez Ilyas's touring show Teztify begin…
Sadler's Wells, LondonPoet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and director Liv Lorent join forces for a twisted tale of beauty and crueltyFolktales are stories spun of twisted threads " beauty and cru…
Young Vic; Battersea Arts Centre, LondonMatthew Lopez's seven-hour, Forster-inspired epic of New York gay life rewards patience. Plus, BAC's thrilling beatbox Mary Shelley remake"You can't a…
Building 17, Woolwich Royal Arsenal, LondonThe audience engage directly with the dancers in an intense and intimate performanceIncreasingly, choreographers see themselves as initiators, as c…
The film and stage veteran, now sharing the secret of her skills online, warns that formal acting classes can stifle creativityHelen Mirren, the Oscar-winning actor, has criticised drama sch…
Sir Michael Morpurgo is supporting a large-scale public performance to honour the warrior at the spot where his body returned to British soilIn 1916, the Rev David Railton, a former curate i…
Life was all private jets and limos after his Oscar win. Then came a decade of bad roles and flop films. Now, he's making up for lost time"Somebody asked me backstage, when I won the Oscar: …